Best Slis Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 8: Yoga for Autopilot (Movement) 49:38

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What happens when you let your body take over the simple, repetitive work… and your mind is freed up to notice what’s really going on inside? This practice is designed to move you into autopilot — not as something to fight against, but as a way to let go of constant decision-making. By repeating familiar movements, you’ll give your conscious brain …

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Ep 7: Autopilot - Superhero Life Hack (Insights) 14:08

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In this episode, I share a surprising study that stopped me in my tracks and changed the way I think about decision fatigue, energy, and those everyday choices that drain us more than we realize. Could the very thing we’ve been told to fight against actually be the key to avoiding burnout? Press play to find out. Study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/ful…

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Ep 6: Yoga for Self Talk (Movement) 28:41

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Ever find yourself talking yourself out of things before you even start? That’s your inner monologue doing what it does best—protecting you from discomfort. But that protective voice can also hold you back. In this movement session, we’ll use strength and repetition to intentionally fire up a little internal resistance. Then, instead of backing off…

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Ep 5: Self-Talk – Best Friend or Harmful Foe? (Insights) 17:44

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Does your inner voice ever feel like it has way too much airtime? Mine sure does. I’ll replay old conversations for weeks, plan out every possible comeback, and then analyze it all again on repeat. It can feel like a full-time job just keeping up with the chatter in my own head. But here’s the thing: that inner monologue isn’t just background noise…

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Ep 4: Yoga for Perfectionists (Movement) 54:52

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Perfectionism wants everything to be neat, certain, and under control. But yoga asks us to step into the opposite: the messy, the confusing, the imperfect. In this practice, we lean into poses that may feel uncomfortable or unfamiliar—not to master them, but to notice what happens when things don’t go “just right.” You’ll be invited to wobble, to g…

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Ep 3: Perfectionism – From Paralysis to Progress (Insights) 21:35

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Ever put off a dream because it wasn’t “ready” yet? Or kept tweaking a project long after it was good enough? You might be caught in the perfectionism trap—where high standards and fear team up to keep you stuck. In this episode of Yoga for the Stressed and Obsessed, Jenn shares an honest, behind-the-scenes story that exposes how perfectionism hide…

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Ep 2: Our First Yoga Flow — Learning to Lead Yourself (Movement) 24:27

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This is a physical practice episode — a short vinyasa flow built around a modified Sun Salutation A. We’ll start standing, explore a few shapes together, move through a flowing sequence, and even take a moment to repeat the flow on your own. We’ll close with a bit of strength and settle into a child’s pose to finish. But here’s the thing… If you're…

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Ep 1: Yoga for the Stressed and Obsessed - Not Your Grandma's Yoga (Insights) 16:50

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What if everything you’ve been told about yoga… is only part of the story? In this kickoff episode, I share the messy, real-life story behind this podcast—and why I almost gave up on yoga myself. Spoiler: it wasn’t the poses that changed my life. It was learning how to use movement and mindset together to stop reacting and start leading with clarit…

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Performance Time Episode 28: The Grand Finale! 23:13

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In this episode I wrap up the Performance Time show with some commentary around my blog "Wrapping up 13 years as a Performance Engineer" (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrapping-up-13-years-performance-engineering-stephen-townshend/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 27: Oh No! Not Documentation! 12:16

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Can documentation be... fun? How is it relevant to SRE? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 26: Chicken or the Egg? SLI's and SLO's and which comes first? 9:28

2+ y ago9:28

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This week we look at whether to identify SLI's or SLO's first - and take a look at how both approaches might look like with a ridiculous example. The Google Site Reliability Book is free here: https://sre.google/books/ (I bought and listened to the audiobook on Audible). The intro and background music is "Elevator Music Lofi" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.…

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Performance Time Episode 25: Defining Service Level Indicators 15:15

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What are SLI's, SLO's, and SLA's? Why do they matter? How can you identify SLI's for your products? The intro and background music is "Elevator Music Lofi" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 24: Kubernetes Explained 9:17

2+ y ago9:17

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In this episode I attempt to explain Kubernetes and what it's all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 23: Docker 8:34

2+ y ago8:34

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In this episode I try and explain Docker and containers as simply as possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 22: Signals Amongst the Noise 8:34

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How do you know what to alert on? And are there things we shouldn't alert on? What about dashboards? In this episode we talk about locating signals amongst the noise of monitoring and logging data in our organisations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 21: The Four Golden Signals 11:48

2+ y ago11:48

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This week we talk about the Four Golden Signals, a starting point when choosing what to monitor and alert on in your software platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 20: What is SRE? 11:48

2+ y ago11:48

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In this episode I share my first week working as an SRE and try to explain what it's all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 19: Not As Broken 8:25

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In this update I give a quick update on how things are going and where the podcast is going next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 18: Broken 17:28

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In this episode I share an experience of work related anxiety I recently went through. Shout out to Joey Hendricks for reviewing this content before it went live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 17: Engineer to Advocate 10:33

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What are the challenges when performance engineers are asked to move away from hands on technical work, into advocating and enabling others? Shout out to Sajeesh Nair and Ben Rowan who's LinkedIn comments I refer to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 16: Performance and Customer Experience 9:59

2+ y ago9:59

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In this episode we talk about measuring whether performance itself has a meaningful impact on customer experience, and how difficult it can be to answer that question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 15: Say It Ain't Slow 5:26

2+ y ago5:26

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Third party trackers Are crowding my website Analytics requests Are bringing me down Guess I’ll just close my tab Oh yeah Alright Feels bad Inside Four hundred requests For just one web page My mobile netwo-oo-er-oo-erk Is struggling to cope I’ll guess I’ll call instead Say it ain’t slow Your site is unbearable Say it ain’t slow My business is goin…

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Performance Time Episode 14: The Hourglass Model 11:15

2+ y ago11:15

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Doing more early (shifting left) and doing more in production (shifting right) to reduce how much end to end performance testing we need to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 13: An Interview with Nicole van der Hoeven 43:05

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In this episode I chat with globally recognized performance specialist Nicole van der Hoeven about chaos engineering, diversity in technology, note taking, chasing shiny things, having a job interview with Stijn Schepers, and much more. Nicole can be found on Twitter @n_vanderhoeven or e-mail [email protected] The two books mentioned are Modern Technica…

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Performance Time Episode 12: To Stub or Not To Stub? 21:09

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In this episode we look at performance testing in stubbed environments versus fully integrated end to end environments. We drill into some of the benefits and limitations of stubbed component performance testing, and how to make sense of it all in our organisations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Performance Time Episode 11: Performance Test Data 22:42

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In this episode we explore the unique challenges of managing test data during load testing, and some solutions to make our lives easier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 10: An Interview with Stijn Schepers 46:58

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Join Stijn and I as we discuss culture change, coincidences, war rooms, unicorns, penguins, McDonald's testing, and many other things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 9: An Interview with Alan Gordon 36:37

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Join me as a I chat with performance specialist Alan Gordon about stress and anxiety as a performance engineer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 8:Verbal Communication 16:18

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How do we present ideas about performance engineering either in meetings or formal presentations? And I tell a story about having an anxiety attack in a meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 7: Written Communication 15:14

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How to do the great technical work you do justice by making sure the right people hear about it in a way they understand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 6: An Interview with Ben Rowan 37:28

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Join me as a I chat with performance specialist Ben Rowan about his collaborative and scientific style of performance engineering, the challenges of cloud performance, and the time he wiped five years of work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 5: What Kind of Performance Engineer Are You? 17:20

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A look at the different styles or kinds of performance engineer. Which kinds are you? What areas are you interested in growing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 4: Becoming a Better Performance Engineer 13:57

2+ y ago13:57

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How can we grow into better performance engineers? How do we avoid getting stuck in our ways? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 3: Stress & Anxiety in Performance Testing Part 2 14:51

2+ y ago14:51

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A look at the some of the ways we can deal with stress and anxiety as a performance engineer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 2: Stress & Anxiety in Performance Testing Part 1 14:19

2+ y ago14:19

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A look at the contributing factors of why performance testing and engineering can be so stressful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performance Time Episode 1: Containers & CPU Usage 9:50

2+ y ago9:50

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A real world example of monitoring the performance of a containerized platform. Includes some example behaviours to watch out for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Patty Wong – Community Outreach as a Key Ingredient to a Library’s Success

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Library Journal 2007 “Mover & Shaker” and SLIS Lecturer, Patty Wong, serves as the Deputy Director of Library Services at the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. Her work in managing change, cultural diversity, youth development, developing joint ventures and collaborations between public libraries and community agencies, and fundraising ha…

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Locke Morrissey – Inside the Librarian’s Studio [Apartment]: A dialog on what hiring libraries look for and new librarians offer

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A presentation from October 19, 2006 when Locke Morrissey spoke to a group at San Jose’s King Library. http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/alascLL/2006/north/morrissey/alascLLlocke.mp3By dfaires

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Tracie Carignan – Library Outsourcing

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Tracie Carignan, Branch Manager at Glen Avon, talks about staff outsourcing as it relates to the Riverside County library system – the first public library system to staff its library using an outside agency. http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/alascLL/2006/south/alascLL1014mp3.mp3By dfaires

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Dennis Tucker, Sept. 30 2006

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http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/alascLL/2006/north/alascllnorthMP3.mp3By dfaires

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The Fall Season Begins

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Our first Luminary Lecture of the Fall 2006 season was presented by Marsha Schnirring on Saturday, September 16, in the beautiful Braun Room of Occidental College in Los Angeles. Her topic: Open Access: Making Scholarly Information Truly Free. Here’s the mp3 (audio) version: http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/alascLL/2006/south/alascLLSouth2006mp3.mp3…